In the News

The Seattle Times recently covered the struggles, challenges and impact that remote learning is having on families who have children with disabilities. Ilene Schwartz is quoted.

Tom Halverson, director of UW's Master in Education Policy program, comments on proposals being considered by the state legislature to improve the performance of the Seattle School Board.

Max Silverman of UW's Center for Educational Leadership discusses his family's plan for a six-month international trip and how other families can connect travel and learning.

Former dean of the UW College of Education Tom Stritikus was featured on PBS News Hour in an episode titled “Colorado college reckons with a troubling legacy of erasing Indigenous culture.” He highlights how there has been a reckoning in this country for institutions to critically examine their own racialized history and understand its implications. Currently serving as president of Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, Dr. Stritikus discusses that college's racialized history — one that has been shaped by its beginnings as an Indian boarding school.

Research specialist Naomi Wilson, parent of two elementary students in Seattle Public Schools, is co-author of an editorial about contract negotiations between the Seattle Education Association and Seattle Public Schools.

The University of Washington District Leadership Design Lab's role in the creation of standards clarifying what principal supervisors should do to help principals improve teaching and learning in schools is noted.

Recent research by Professor Holly Schindler showing that focus on early child development in the family can sharply reduce behavior problems in young children is referenced.

Kendra Lomax, a teacher educator at UW College of Education, discusses teacher time-outs and how teachers can improve their practice through mid-lesson collaboration time.

Jodi Newman, who teaches in the UW's educational psychology program, discusses secrets of the teenage brain and strategies for maximizing their learning potential.

Kent Jewell, program support supervisor, writes about what it means for immigrant ethnic groups to call a place “home” and how engagement with ancestral tradition can lead to a better understanding of the history of the past and the unresolved challenges of the present.